Tuesday 09 February, 2010This week

SSRI helps stroke recovery

08/02/2010 | The selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor escitalopram enhances cognitive recovery following stroke, research shows.

Lancet retracts controversial MMR paper

08/02/2010 | The Lancet's decision to formally retract Dr Andrew Wakefield's controversial paper linking the MMR vaccine to autism should be the final nail in the coffin for the long-running debate, an Australian expert says.

Shapes, colours, forms: it's harmless

08/02/2010 | Patients who report tastes as shapes or music as colour are not mentally ill, a US expert says, but part of the minority of the population with synaesthesia.